fiador

/[fjaˈð̞oɾ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,038

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fiador is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que fía a otra para la seguridad de aquello a que está obligada. Pronounced [fjaˈð̞oɾ].

Key facts for fiador
PropertyValue
Headwordfiador
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fjaˈð̞oɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fiador in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fiador is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fjaˈð̞oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,038 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for fiador in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is fiador, spelled F-I-A-D-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que fía a otra para la seguridad de aquello a que está obligada.
  2. 2
    Cordón que llevan algunos objetos para impedir que se caigan o pierdan al usarlos. El que cosido al interior del cuello de la capa o manteos se rodea a la garganta; el que lleva el sable en su empuñadura para rodearlo a la mano y a la muñeca; el que llevan los instrumentos quirúrgicos destinados a introducirse en el interior de una herida, etc.
  3. 3
    Pasador de hierro que sirve para afianzar las puertas por el lado de adentro a fin de que, aun cuando se falsee la llave, no se puedan abrir.
  4. 4
    Cada uno de los garfios que sostienen por debajo los canalones de cinc de los tejados.
  5. 5
    Correa que lleva la caballería de mano o de contraguía a la parte de afuera, desde la guarnición a la cama del freno.
  6. 6
    Pieza con que se afirma una cosa para que no se mueva; como el fiador de la escopeta.
  7. 7
    Nalgas de los muchachos, porque son las que, llevando el castigo, pagan las travesuras o picardías que ellos hacen.
  8. 8
    Cuerda larga con la cual sueltan al halcón cuando empieza a volar, y le hacen que venga al señuelo.

Frequency rank: #60,038 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fiador"?
"fiador" is spelled F-I-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fjaˈð̞oɾ].
What does "fiador" mean?
As a noun, "fiador" means: Persona que fía a otra para la seguridad de aquello a que está obligada.
How do you pronounce "fiador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fiador" is [fjaˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fiador" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.